“The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.”

“For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.”

“The sea—this truth must be confessed—has no generosity. No display of manly qualities—courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness—has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.”

“And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth.”

“The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don't fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it.”

“Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put it's trust in life!”

“Joseph Conrad once said that a man who is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea”